If you're seeking a degree in sacred music, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #273 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for sacred music students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 43 degrees in sacred music to qualified students.
Your choice of sacred music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sacred music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Sacred Music Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the sacred music degrees they offer, see the list below.
Life Pacific College is a great option for students pursuing a degree in sacred music. Located in the large suburb of San Dimas, LIFE Bible College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 72nd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 7 sacred music students who graduated with this degree at LIFE Bible College in the most recent data year.
Azusa Pacific University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in sacred music. Located in the suburb of Azusa, Azusa Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #259 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Azusa Pacific is a great university overall.More information about a degree in sacred music from Azusa Pacific University
It's hard to beat Biola University if you want to pursue a degree in sacred music. Biola is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of La Mirada. A Best Colleges rank of #358 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Biola is a great university overall.
There were about 9 sacred music students who graduated with this degree at Biola in the most recent year we have data available.
Hope International University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in sacred music. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Hope is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 152nd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 3 sacred music students who graduated with this degree at Hope in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of sacred music school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sacred music schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
